baş keçindirirge
/baʃ ketʃindirirɡe/
Literal translation
to sustain the head
Intended meaning
To provide for oneself and one's family with food and the necessities of life.
- Qarındaşla Jalpaqğa minŋendile da, alaylada uwğa jürüb, et majarıb, baş keçindirirge küreşe turğandıla.The brothers had gone up to Jalpak, and there they kept hunting, getting hold of meat, striving to make a living.
- Maylıqul: «…Barsınla kesleri süygen, qollarından kelgen işge, baş keçindirsinle», – dedi.Maylykul said: "…Let them go to the work they like and are able to do, let them earn their living."
Variants
- baş tutarğa
Sources
Show sources
- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 95
- Малкъар тилни школ фразеология сёзлюгю (1994), PDF page 44